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by dragonwriter 3990 days ago
> A lot of illegal things happen all the time (wage theft, salary collusion, 1099 exploitation). Worker protections in the US have no teeth.

There's probably some lack of teeth issues, but I think the biggest issue is that people are just culturally conditioned not to take advantage of the protections that exist.

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Definitely agree. Wanting worker protections is seen as socialist, unionist, and lazy.